Block, Printing

Object Name:

Block, Printing

Object ID:

1992.047.24

Date:

1900-1920

Description:

Set of five printing blocks, from millinery shop of Richard Codaire (1863-1930), Manchester, NH. Engraved copper plates attached to wooden blocks. For Codaire advertising.

1. Decorative image, probably for a letterhead. Horizontal rectangle, 6" x 2.25" x 0.9" high. Pencil inscription on back: "R. Codaire / Manchester".
2. Portrait of a man, probably Richard Codaire. Vertical rectangle, 3.1" x 2.15" x 0.9".
3. Three woman wearing hats. Square, 2" x 2" x 0.9".
4. Woman wearing hat, with words "FINE / MILLINERY". Square, 2" x 2" x 0.9".
5. Two women trying on hats. Square, 2" x 2" x 0.9". Pencil inscription on back: "Codaire".

Material:

Wood
Metal
Copper

Provenance:

Richard Codaire (1863-1930) was born in Abbotsford, Quebec, and became a naturalized US citizen in Holyoke, MA, in 1888. He moved to Manchester, NH, by 1890, and married Gertrude E. Morse Robie (1874-1968) in Nashua in 1892. The couple lived in Manchester and had four children. Richard operated a millinery shop. The Codaire family lived at 85 Walnut Street (1896-1897), then 235 Lowell Street (1898-1900), 223 Lowell (1901-1910), and back to 85 Walnut (1911-1930). The millinery shop was at 33 Hanover Street, (1896-1910), then 30 Bridge Street (1913-1915) and 102 Hanover Street (1917-1921). The collection belonged to Richard Codaire's daughter, Margaret Sproul-Bolton (1903-1994). She was the great aunt of the donor, Beverly Galante.

Credit Line:

Gift of Beverly and Carl Galante

People:

Codaire, Richard (1863-1930)

Subjects:

Millinery, Millinery stores, Advertising, Printing blocks, Printing plates, Hats